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ORC In Canada Gets National
Attention - A First in History

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Article and Background on The ORC Fight & Effort

Organized
Retail Crime taking off in Canada - An estimated $4.67B problem annually -
Canada's Federal ORC Legislation in Senate From Toronto's -
Toronto Association of Police and Private Security (TAPPS) network to
Vancouver's - three-man anti-fencing unit at Vancouver Police Department (VPD)
Canada is truly seeing and responding to the increased ORC activity just
like their counterparts in the U.S. Over at Mac's Convenience Stores, Sean
Spotrun, manager of security and loss prevention for this 560 store chain has
seen his share of ORC and recently helped bust a ring that was operating in the
Great Toronto Area (GTA) that has also hit Winners.

They work off the highways. They're very transient. They will jump from place to
place, from province to province, wherever they feel they can get the biggest
bang for their buck," says Sportun. According to a social media campaign last
year, consumers paid 20 per cent more for goods as a result of retail theft.

"Things have changed immensely. The organized piece wasn't as big ten years
ago. It was prevalent in the U.S., but it was not as big an issue for us. We
would have opportunistic theft, now we're dealing with very organized gangs.
These guys steal $10,000 to $20,000 a day or more," says Don Berezowski,
divisional vice-president, loss prevention and safety for Sears Canada. "We're
talking a small percentage of the population here, but they do a lot of damage,"
says Berezowski.

What we are seeing is more sophistication, more organization," says Toronto
Police Services Superintendent Douglas Quan. We can have the same suspect
working in Toronto and they show up in Calgary the next week doing the same
thing. They're mobile. With rental cars and mobile phones and fraudulent
identification and credit cards, it gets multi-layered. It is advancing. They
are becoming more sophisticated with each year."

In Toronto, the stolen goods are sold at pop-up events, warehouse sales, flea
markets and low-income malls in neighborhoods where people are so busy trying to
make ends meet, they won't ask too many questions if the price is low, Quan
says. Stolen goods may also show up mixed among legitimate goods at convenience
stores and discount stores owned by unscrupulous vendors.

Police and loss prevention experts in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary are finding
innovative ways to crack down on organized retail crime.

In Toronto last year, a joint investigation by loss-prevention officers from
Aritzia, the Gap, Mexx and Toronto Police resulted in three arrests in
connection with an elaborate and organized shoplifting ring targeting mall
stores. Nearly $390,000 in clothing had been stolen and $90,000 in personal
items, including shampoo and hand cream, for a grand total of nearly half a
million dollars. The stolen goods were allegedly being sold from a semi-detached
home in the Jane and Wilson area.

The three-man anti-fencing unit at Vancouver Police Department (VPD) has
taken down 53 fencing operations in three years, shutting down underground
stores where goods from Aritzia, Costco, the Gap, Holt Renfrew and Sport Chek,
among others, were being sold at half price. Fencing organizations often rely on
the homeless and addicts to steal for them.

One small business owner in Surrey was able to collect $80,000 worth of
pharmaceuticals in two months, buying as much over-the-counter medication,
perfume and makeup as he could get from addicts and the homeless. The team
has seized $1.7-million in clothing. They have had significant success
working with the city to obtain business license suspensions, with more than 20
businesses losing their license for weeks or forever.

Many retailers are victimized every single day, multiple times a day, sometimes
in one store, sometimes across different stores in the chain.

Part of the problem is that retail theft is viewed as a low-risk, high-reward
crime. The penalties are minimal. Sportun says that even people who offend
multiple times are only held for a couple of days before they are out again. He
would like to see stiffer penalties. He says criminals know they won't face
serious jail time for stealing from a retailer, so they stick to it.

Berezowski of Sears sits on the private-sector liaison committee for the
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. He believes that the growth of
organized retail crime in Canada is due in part to the fact that police have
more resources to fight drug and gun crimes than they do retail theft. Also,
penalties for retail theft are low and the merchandise is quickly converted into
cash, especially now, through online sales.

Why now? In the U.S., legislation has been brought in targeting organized retail
crime with tougher penalties. We haven't gotten to that point yet," says
Berezowski.

There is clearly an issue with the prosecution of what may be, in some people's
opinion, a victimless crime," says Stephen O'Keefe, vice-president, operations,
for the Retail Council of Canada and a former retail loss prevention executive
at Walmart Canada.

The RCC put a case for longer sentences to the federal minister of justice a few
years ago, pointing out that no tax is being paid on any of the stolen
merchandise, said O'Keefe.

The problem is that most police departments can't afford to assign resources to
the investigation of retail crimes, or actively maintain systems like TAPPS or
Retail C.O.P. in Calgary.

A bill before the senate would give more flexibility to retail loss
prevention officers to share information for the purpose of protecting people
against crime.

"The
sentencing guidelines are a moot point if you can't get someone convicted for
organized retail crime activity," said O'Keefe.

For now, the job is in the hands of a growing cadre of loss prevention
professionals, working with police. "These organized crime rings aren't getting
scared. It will continue to grow until we are no longer the path of least
resistance," says Berezowski. Editor's Note: This is the first time we've
seen such an article published in Canada and ORC has obviously become as big of
a problem north of the border as it has in the U.S. We'd like to compliment all
the teams and these leaders in this article for the work they're doing and for
getting the press to cover it and give it such national attention. Good Luck to
all the teams in Canada!
thestar.com

Spying, subterfuge and stolen 'treasure': Inside Nike and Adidas' World War Shoe
The massive heist from the world's biggest sportswear firm was, as Nike
attorneys allege, an inside job. Faking a broken laptop, one of the sneaker
giant's top directors is said to have met secretly with an interloper to copy
some of what a Nike lawsuit this week called the firm's "most important and
highly confidential" intelligence. Days later, the director and two other elite
designers defected to the firm's bitter rival, allegedly scrubbing e-mails and
text messages that, attorneys said, hid "evidence of their betrayals." The
claims of stealth and subterfuge have reignited Nike's decades-long sneaker war
with Adidas, the German-based shoe titan and Nike's chief competitor. But they
have also cast a spotlight on the high-stakes palace intrigue hidden beneath the
world's fiercely competitive, multibillion-dollar sneaker and sportswear empire.
In its 50-page legal complaint, Nike accuses the designers - Denis Dekovic, Marc
Dolce and Mark Miner - of breaching their contracts, stealing trade secrets, and
making off with what lawyers called "a treasure trove of Nike product designs,
research information and business plans." The lawsuit alleges a staggering
breach. The designers, attorneys said, fled with thousands of documents
outlining Nike's long-term business strategy, unreleased shoe and uniform
designs, and even details of "highly confidential and proprietary virtual
footwear product design and computer simulation testing methodology." The
designers' desertion of Nike was seen as a key victory for Adidas. Nike accused
Dekovic of "duping" the company into paying more than $50,000 to relocate his
family to Italy this summer, just weeks after the company says he began
conspiring to defect. Nike lawyers also allege Dekovic "gloated to his
co-conspirators" that Italy would make Nike's non-compete deal harder to
enforce. washingtonpost.com

CEO of now defunct UK retailer JJB Sports sentenced to four yrs. prison for
$1.5M fraud - Pocketed Supplier's Cash Payments The former chief
executive of failed retailer JJB Sports, once a British household name, was
sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for a £1 million fraud. The SFO said
David Ball and David Barrington, beneficial owners of Fashion and Sport Ltd, a
supplier to JJB, were also each sentenced to 18 months in prison for two
offences of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The five-year
investigation centred on Ronnie's failure to declare three cash payments made
from the JJB suppliers in 2007 and 2008 as well as attempts to destroy evidence
and mislead the SFO. The SFO is bringing a separate case against JJB's former
chairman David Jones and his son Stuart, who was head of marketing.
irishtimes.com

Last week payment terminals stopped working at various retailers - blank screens
- Expired security certificate Their LCD displays showing
blank screens instead of numbers and letters. Puzzled merchants began to worry
that this was perhaps part of some sophisticated hacker attack on their cash
registers. It turns out that the incident was indeed security-related, but for
once it had nothing to do with cyber thieves. On Dec. 7, 2014, certain older
model payment terminals made by Hypercom stopped working due to the expiration
of a cryptographic certificate used in the devices, according to Scottsdale,
Ariz.-based Equinox Payments, the company that owns the Hypercom brand. The
security mechanism was triggered by the rollover of the date and not by any
attack on or breach of the terminal. "The certificate was created in 2004 with a
10 year expiry date." "Many of these terminals have been successfully updated in
the field," Taylor said. "Unfortunately, a subset of them can't be fixed in the
field which means they'll need to be sent to our repair facility.
krebsonsecurity.com

Police contain unruly Air Jordan shoppers at Houston-area malls - Foot Locker
did not open due to incident Police were called to quell unruly crowds
after hundreds converged outside several Houston-area malls early Sunday morning
in hopes of getting a ticket to buy pricey Nike Air Jordan sneakers being
released next weekend. Chaos reached a crescendo when a rock shattered a glass
entrance door at the Willowbrook Mall and a teenage girl was zapped with a Taser
outside The Woodlands Mall. Montgomery County Sheriff's spokesman Phil
Fitzgerald confirmed a deputy had fired an electric jolt from his Taser during
crowd control operations, but said he could not provide any further details
because any use of force by an officer must be investigated. Foot Locker, which
had been promoting the release of the Air Jordan 11 Retro 'Legend Blue,' did not
open Sunday after the incident, and nobody from the store could be reached for
comment. Houston Police officer Tim Norris said over 1,000 people mobbed
Willowbrook mall for one of those tickets which resulted in an emergency
'citywide assist' call that sent some 50 officers rushing there in the thick fog
early Sunday morning. Glass in west entrance door to this mall was shattered.
Rowdy crowds were also reported at Deerbrook Mall in Humble and Memorial City
Mall in Houston, this news account said.
chron.com

"Game Changer" decision - All Merchants in Minnesota can be sued by banks for
breaches & MUST heed security alerts In what some security experts are
calling a "game changer," a Minnesota federal court held Target liable earlier
this month for data breach losses because the company had ignored its own
security alerts. Target is based in Minnesota, but the Minnesota Plastic Card
Security Act, which specifically allows banks that issue payment cards to sue
breaching merchants, also covers any company that does business in that state,
according to Karl Belgum, an attorney with Nixon Peabody LLP. The decision does
not involve a financial penalty against Target, but it does allow the case to
move forward to the next step. Now, financial institutions that say they have
spent billions of dollars issuing replacement cards can now proceed with a
negligence class action lawsuit against Target. Although the third-party
hackers' activities caused harm, Target played a key role in allowing the harm
to occur," Judge Paul Magnuson said in his ruling. "Indeed, Plaintiffs'
allegation that Target purposely disabled one of the security features that
would have prevented the harm is itself sufficient to plead a direct negligence
case." These decisions will make an impact long term. csoonline.com

Don't buy into the hype - EMV is not a security "catch-all"
President Obama's BuySecure Initiative sets the U.S. Government on track to
adopt chip and PIN payment security, parallels - and seeks to encourage - a
commercial industry shift toward EMV card technology. EMV is a great way to
combat counterfeit cards at the point of sale (POS), but it does nothing to
prevent the types of breaches seen in recent news headlines. While EMV limits
the exposure of merchant payment transactions to fraud and misuse, it does not
protect cardholder information that under EMV is still transmitted in the clear
during the transaction. EMV should be viewed as part of an overall security
portfolio for protecting all aspects of card transactions. Many payment
processors and retailers are moving to adopt sophisticated encryption and
tokenization to secure cardholder information, from insertion of the card, to
the processing host, and back to the POS device. The most secure payment
transaction possible today is one that combines three technologies: EMV, data
encryption and tokenization.
chainstoreage.com

Top
5 Holiday LP Tips - from Robert Moraca, VP of LP, NRF It's the time
for holiday cheer again! In the spirit of making it a prosperous season for
consumers and retailers alike, retailers should work just as hard keeping the
profit from each sale as they do making that sale. Loss prevention is the
avoidance of a loss: Every dollar lost could have been a dollar of profit.
Factually speaking, crime rates for property crimes, burglary and theft
including shoplifting increase dramatically during the holiday season - some
major U.S. cities have reported a 45 percent increase. Protect your customers,
colleagues, brand and reputation this season using these tips. First,
start with your most coveted asset, your people: Ensure that they are
well-trained and equipped to deal with increased customer volume levels.
Secondly, encourage your loss prevention professionals to be more
omnipresent in stores and on the sales floor. Third, utilize technology
to your advantage. Fourth, reduce the reward for opportunistic criminals
to conduct "snatch and grab" register theft by practicing good cash control.
Last but not least, make sure your own mobile and online shopping experience
is safe.
nrf.com

'Hired
Guns' Armed guards lack training and oversight -- with deadly consequences -
CNN's Anderson Cooper Scathing Report - Year Long Investigation Armed
security guards, on patrol at all hours throughout the United States, have lax
training standards and haphazard oversight. While a manicurist in California
must complete 400 hours of training to be licensed, an armed guard gets
authorized after 54 hours, including just 14 hours of firearms training. In
15 states, no firearms training is required at all. A yearlong investigation
by CNN and The Center for Investigative Reporting found there are no federal
training standards for armed guards and no national database of how many shoot
or misuse their guns. The backgrounds of those allowed to work in armed security
are also varied.
cnn.com

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Jeff Fulmer, VP of LP for Barnes & Noble and Chair of the
NRF's Legislative Committee, and Jon Gold, VP, Supply Chain & Customs
Policy at the NRF, provide a national update on the NRF's legislative efforts,
including where federal ORC legislation stands and what retailers and LP
professionals can do to aid the legislative effort. Jeff and Jon also talk about
where the retail industry is going when it comes to cybersecurity and privacy,
two hot-button issues also being looked at in Congress right now.

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Kathy talks about some of the highlights from the NRF's ORC survey. While Greg
discusses what's new with NuTech and where they are headed. They also discuss
the opportunity as an industry for developing partnerships with retailers and
law enforcement to combat ORC.

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GAINESVILLE,
Fla., Dec. 12, 2014 US retailers report collectively losing over $45
billion in merchandise annually, with over $10 billion of that per year to
shoplifting. December is a peak loss month. To help combat these problems, over
40 major retail chains formed a specialized research council to facilitate the
use of science to curtail theft and violence. As part of this effort, a
specialized University of Florida research team interviews offenders, analyzes
large datasets, and conducts field experiments to adapt and devise new crime
control methods and technologies.

The team, headed by University of Florida research criminologist Dr. Read Hayes,
works with retail asset protection executives and security technology engineers
in fully-operating stores and their parking lots to create or calibrate existing
crime control countermeasures. Much of this critical work centers on adjusting
evolving analytical and deterrent measures designed to affect would-be offender
decisions to reduce crime attempts and resulting injuries and losses. "Our work
combines rapidly developing technologies and the psychology of decision-making
to better prevent crime attempts," says Dr. Hayes.

Retail
company executives engage with the UF team via working groups that focus in
specialized areas including video solutions, product protection, supply chain
protection, and organized retail crime control to develop and rigorously test
existing and emerging crime control methods. Current crime prevention efforts
include improving loss control from fitting and restrooms, better protecting
electronics and health and beauty care products, affecting large organized theft
and fraud syndicates, countering robbery and parking lot crime.

Participating retailers aim to better serve their customers through
collaboration and science-driven innovation of crime and loss control measures
with the University of Florida and the Loss Prevention Research Council, both
located in Gainesville, FL where numerous retail chains work with the UF team on
innovation. These over 40 progressive retailers include Bloomingdales, Lowe's,
Target, CVS, Pep Boys, Big Lots, Best Buy, T-Mobile, Office Depot, Kay Jewelers,
dressbarn, eBay, The Home Depot, Walgreens, Kroger, Walmart, Rite Aid, Toys R
Us, Sears/Kmart, Publix Super Markets, AutoZone, and Verizon.

Giving consumers the power to negotiate can transform e-commerce
E-commerce has changed the way consumers purchase products, but until very
recently, the basic structure of the transaction and sale itself hadn't
evolved much: People browse for products they want, compare prices across
sites, maybe submit a code for a discount coupon if they have one and make a
purchase. But a recent development points to a big change on the horizon for
ecommerce, and the symptom is the massive sales growth achieved by major
retailers who have embraced the new model. The new model is already being
used today by top retailers like Sears. It bridges the gap between online
and physical interactions, empowers consumers to take a more active role in
transactions, leverages psychological principles to optimize sales and the
user experience and revolutionizes the concept of discounts. The new model
offers consumers a novel choice: the opportunity to negotiate with a leading
retailer.
retailingtoday.com

Bitcoin Wallet Security Issues Creates More Controversy
Trouble began recently when the firm's product lead got in a online verbal
Reddit fight with Coinbase engineer, CoinDesk reported. Blockchain's wallet
was also recently pulled from Bitcoin.org due to security issues that
impacted hundreds of users. "The company found itself publicly promising to
reimburse customers after a random number generator flaw that led to
hundreds of addresses being compromised. Further, unsubstantiated online
reports suggested that bitcoins had been stolen as a result of the issue,"
according to the article. Blockchain was required to disclose the security
issues on its blog on Reddit, where the company admitted "our development
team inadvertently affected a part of our software that ensures private keys
are generated in a strong and secure manner." The mistake made it easier for
attackers to retrieve the private addressed used to hold bitcoin. But the
company claims addresses, wallets and transactions created via the
Blockchain.info iOS and Android apps, and the Chrome extension are not
affected.
pymnts.com

"Fraud is not a person - it is a dynamic grouping of statistics
that deviate from the norm."
Stuart B. Levine, CFI, CFCI
CEO, The Zellman Group & Zellman Fraudnet

Four fencing operations busted for selling stolen property from Kroger in
Delhi Township, Ohio A six month investigation led Delhi Township
police to arrest the suspects who each face one count of receiving stolen
property. Over the course of the investigation, four different stores were
identified as willing to buy stolen merchandise. The investigation began
after an arrest for shoplifting at the Kroger store in Delhi. The stores
purchased stolen items at a greatly discounted price and then re-sold the
items to the public at regular price. local12.com

ORC
Duo may be part of East Coast Ring - Hits Hollister store at WestGate Mall
in Spartanburg, SC, last week The Spartanburg Police Department on
Friday released video surveillance footage from the shoplifting incident to
the public in an attempt to identify those responsible. In the surveillance
footage from inside Hollister, two individuals are seen entering the store
and placing stacks of shirts into bags before walking out. Stephanie Hunt,
district manager for asset protection, said the two are likely part of an
organized retail crime ring that operates throughout the East Coast. Hunt
met with police officers after reporting the incident. She said those
involved in the ring are difficult to identify and arrest since they do not
stay in one jurisdiction. The same group is likely responsible for
shoplifting from the store about two years ago, she said. "We haven't been
able to identify whether this crew is selling at flea markets or if they are
traveling, or hitting the entire coastline," Hunt said. groupstate.com

US Attorney: 15 years for pair found with credit card lab - 97,000 cards -
$500,000 in jewelry & gift cards found U.S. Attorney Sally
Quillian Yates says Clayton County police found the lab containing card
presses, computers, printers and stacks of blank or partially completed
credit cards while responding to a home invasion call in December of 2011.
Prosecutors say the lab had more than 97,000 credit and debit card account
numbers, plus cash, jewelry and gift cards worth over $500,000. Authorities
say 48-year-old Paul Black and 48-year-old Ednecdia Sutina Johnson pleaded
guilty in March for possession of counterfeit cards, device-making
equipment, false identifications and equipment to make documents.
wsbtv.com

2
of 5 suspects wanted in 'organized retail thefts' Two of five
suspects remain at large in what police are calling "organized retail
thefts." Police say the men "brazenly" entered businesses throughout
Bakersfield, intimidated store employees and took what they wanted. The
thefts have occurred over a matter of months. Three suspects have been
arrested on suspicion of grand theft, robbery, shoplifting and participation
in a criminal street gang. They are Thomas Sherman, 27, Charles Fomby, 18,
and Thomas Gonzalez, 22. The two outstanding suspects are 23-year-old
Matthew Propps and 21-year-old Desmond Dillard. Arrest warrants have been
issued.
bakersfieldnow.com

3 arrested in Johnson City, TN stealing $1,700 of merchandise from JC Penney
Three Erwin residents are charged with stealing more than $1,700 worth of
merchandise from a Johnson City store. Johnson City Police were called to
JCPenney Saturday. The store's loss prevention team stopped Terry Shelton
and Amanda Engle, who were found to have stolen items. After talking with
them, officers and the loss prevention team also located Melissa Ballard in
their vehicle. Police said Ballard was trying to hide stolen items in the
vehicle. During their investigation, police found 42 items, which totaled
$1,759.
wcyb.com

Thieves
hit North Fresno, CA clothing store 4 times in 3 weeks An employee
at a North Fresno clothing store was assaulted during a recent robbery that
was caught on camera, and it's not the first time the business has been
targeted by thieves. Envy Fine Clothing has only been open for three weeks,
and they've had four different incidents of theft. One of those crimes even
turned into a felony robbery case. Sabrina Lopez, who is seen on
surveillance video wearing a white shirt, says she was the only sales
associate working last Saturday when two women in their 20s came into Envy
Fine Clothing. Right on camera, one of the women is seen bolting for the
door with hundreds of dollars in designer jeans just moments before Lopez
says the two suspects attacked her outside.
abc30.com

Thieves steal toys from Salvation Army storage unit in Port Angeles, CA just
before distribution Thieves cleared out a Salvation Army storage
unit containing toys that were going to be distributed to children this
week. Bicycles, electronics, video games, backpacks, movies and other items
were taken. According to Port Angeles deputy police chief Brian Smith, two
men were seen leaving the storage unit near East Front Street and North Race
Street sometime Sunday morning. Smith said that officers are still
investigating what exactly happened. Investigators believe the thieves made
more than one trip to the unit to steal the toys.
q13fox.com

Officer Involved Shooting at Cabela's in Bowling Green, KY
An Officer involved shooting in Bowling Green has state police investigating.
The incident happened at Cabela's Sporting Goods Store just before 8:00 a.m.
Sunday when officers were called to the store for a reported shoplifter.
Employees saw Elliott Cummings put a gun in his pants and go to the restroom.
When police arrived, Cummings tried to run and that's when Officer Clifton
Phelps opened fire. Cummings has been taken to a hospital in Nashville, TN for
non life threatening injuries.
lex17.com

Robber
attacks at Knife-point at American Eagle in the Oakdale Mall, Johnson City, NY
The Johnson City Police Department responded to the Oakdale Mall on
Sunday night for a reported robbery. According to Broome County emergency
dispatch reports, it happened around 11:10 p.m. Reports said a man left a
package at the back door of the American Eagle store and rang the doorbell. When
an employee answered, the man displayed a knife, shoved the employee inside the
store, zip-tied the person's wrists and led them to the cash register. According
to reports, police were looking for a man, at least 6' tall, 180 pounds with a
medium build. He is in his late 20's, early 30's. He was also described as
wearing a black mask, black gloves, heather gray hoodie and dirty gray sneakers.
Reports said he took off in an unknown direction with a large amount of money.
wbng.com

Heltonville, IN Man Arrested for Walmart Arson
23-year-old Dustin Taylor was arrested after he was caught setting a fire at
Walmart Saturday. He is also a suspect in setting a fire at Dunham's Friday
afternoon. According to Bedford Police Chief Dennis Parsley, officers arrested
Taylor Saturday after they caught him starting a fire in a restroom at the back
of the Walmart store early Saturday morning. "The store's manager, armed with
fire extinguishers, doused the flames but not before the store was filled with
smoke setting off the store's sprinkler system," Parsley says. The Bedford Fire
Department was alerted and spent hours ventilating the building.
wbiw.com

Third time The Exchange store robbed in Pittsburgh area
Pittsburgh police have been trying to determine whether a robbery at a story
that sells used compact discs and DVDs is related to two other recent robberies
at the chain's stores in the suburbs. The latest robbery at The Exchange
occurred about 4 p.m. Saturday in the city's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The
chain's Monroeville location was robbed last month and on Dec. 2 a clerk was
shot by a man who robbed a store in Ross Township. On Saturday, a customer tells
police the suspect pushed him out of the way before threatening a clerk with a
gun before stuffing money into a plastic bag.
wtrf.com

Stolen tractor trailer found at I-78 rest stop in Lehigh County, PA
A stolen tractor trailer worth $60,000 was found Sunday at an Interstate 78 rest
stop in Lehigh County, according to Pennsylvania state police. Police said the
thief had the truck in the parking lot of the I-78 Stop and Go Weisenberg Twp.
at 10 a.m. Sunday. The truck belongs to Western Express in Nazareth and was
reported stolen from a Comfort Inn in Northampton County.
lehighvalleylive.com

UK: Emerald ring worth $14,000 'swallowed by thief'
A suspected conman has been arrested after allegedly swallowing a stolen diamond
ring worth $14,000. Rayhanur Choudhury is said to have distracted staff at a
jewelry shop in Brighton before consuming the chunky 18-carat white gold emerald
cut ring. Police are now waiting for the jewel to pass through the 22-year-old's
system. Choudhury, from Newhaven, in East Sussex, has been charged with theft
and remains in custody. A police spokeswoman said: "The process is to wait for
the ring to pass through the system. "An X-ray has not revealed the ring, but
the prison are aware."
telegraph.co.uk

Why Everyone Hates Performance Reviews And How to Fix Them Mention a
performance review and what reaction do you get from your employees? While they
may groan and get nervous, performance reviews are still used because they can
help managers motivate their staff towards their goals and improve their skills.
Use these tips to turn performance reviews into a helpful experience.
Give a shout out

The One Personality Trait You Need for Success Toughness plays a
critical role in whether or not someone will be successful. According to Paul
Stoltz, Ph.D., there's one quality that will increase your odds of getting
promotions and can determine if you'll complete your goals. Ask yourself and
your team these questions to see if you've got it.
GRIT

Passion is probably the one trait all employers look for in
every search and in every candidate. It's also the one ingredient that's hard to
manufacture and almost impossible to fake. Certainly, energy level has a lot to
do with it and virtually everyone can pick it up a notch when they need to. But
passion is something that's deep and something money can't buy and quite frankly
it's worth it's weight in gold because passion motivates people and it's what
separates the good from the great. If you've got passion, let it show and, if
you don't, try to go find it because every employer wants it.